package libsgutils2-1.46-2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libsgutils2-1.46.so.2.0.0', which is also in package libsgutils2-2:arm64 1.46-1ubuntu0.23.04.1

[JF Lim]

Error occurs after "sudo do-release-upgrade -d" from Lunar to Mantic was completed and run first system update/upgrade with "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt upgrade" with 444 packages to upgraded. Held back Firefox as I am on Arm64 Amlogic S922X SOC and Firefox Snap and Chromium Snap does NOT runs well on Arm64 Amlogic SOC.

No idea what causes the error:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-r9Tdo0/247-libsgutils2-1.46-2_1.46-3ubuntu2_arm64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: libsgutils2-1.46-2 (not installed)
Uname: Linux 6.1.55-lnxaml-3pole aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Sat Oct 14 18:36:31 2023
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libsgutils2-1.46.so.2.0.0', which is also in package libsgutils2-2:arm64 1.46-1ubuntu0.23.04.1
ImageMediaBuild: 20230327
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.6, python3-minimal, 3.11.4-5
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.22.0ubuntu1
 apt 2.7.3
SourcePackage: sg3-utils
Title: package libsgutils2-1.46-2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libsgutils2-1.46.so.2.0.0', which is also in package libsgutils2-2:arm64 1.46-1ubuntu0.23.04.1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-10-14 (0 days ago)

[JF Lim (jflim)]

Tried to resolve the error by performing:

jfl@jfl-lunar:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgpod-common:
 libgpod-common depends on libsgutils2-1.46-2 (>= 1.27); however:
  Package libsgutils2-1.46-2:arm64 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libgpod-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.38-1ubuntu6) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgpod-common

Another package libgpod-common was left unconfigured

[JF Lim (jflim)]

This error/bug render the newly upgraded Ubuntu Mantic from further system upgrade packages.

Tried to remove "libsgutils2-2" using the command "sudo apt remove --purge libsgutils2-2" but was not successful in removing the the package.

sudo apt remove --purge libsgutils2-2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libgpod-common : Depends: libsgutils2-1.46-2 (>= 1.27) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

But this command "sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq libsgutils2-2" removed the package successfully.

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq libsgutils2-2
(Reading database ... 125707 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libsgutils2-2:arm64 (1.46-1ubuntu0.23.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.38-1ubuntu6) ...

The following command "sudo apt --fix-broken install" resolved system upgrade issue.

sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  cpp-12 devio ffmpeg fonts-liberation2 gcc-12-base libavutil57
  libblockdev-crypto2 libblockdev-fs2 libblockdev-loop2 libblockdev-part-err2
  libblockdev-part2 libblockdev-swap2 libblockdev-utils2 libblockdev2
  libcodec2-1.0 libcolamd2 libcupsfilters1 libdmapsharing-3.0-2 libiniparser1
  liblc3-0 liblua5.3-0 libmozjs-102-0 libmujs2 liborcus-0.17-0
  liborcus-parser-0.17-0 libplacebo208 libpoppler126 libpostproc56 libraw20
  libsuitesparseconfig5 libswscale6 libtiff5 libubootenv-tool libubootenv0.1
  mtd-utils python3-mutagen python3-pycryptodome python3-pyxattr
  python3-renderpm python3-reportlab-accel python3-websockets rtmpdump
  u-boot-tools
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libsgutils2-1.46-2
Suggested packages:
  sg3-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsgutils2-1.46-2
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/91.9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 313 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 125702 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libsgutils2-1.46-2_1.46-3ubuntu2_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking libsgutils2-1.46-2:arm64 (1.46-3ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python3-mutagen (1.46.0-2) ...
Setting up libsgutils2-1.46-2:arm64 (1.46-3ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libmozjs-102-0:arm64 (102.15.1-1) ...
Setting up u-boot-tools (2023.07+dfsg-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python3-pyxattr:arm64 (0.8.1-1) ...
Setting up libgpod-common (0.8.3-18) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.38-1ubuntu6) ...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)]

Thanks for reporting this bug. It's already been reported (bug #2039279) and is being worked on, so I'm marking this one as a duplicate.

[JF Lim (jflim)]

Noted. Thank you.